Moving in on dangerous moves
Article Abstract:
A report has revealed that it is dangerous to move old people with dementia into a different care setting because they are more likely to die as a result due to increased depression and a breakdown of their immune system. The United Kingdom government will issue guidelines in October 1997. It is suggested by medical staff that transfers of elderly people have been made for monetary reasons rather than health reasons by hospital managers who have disregarded the needs of vulnerable patients. The report also criticizes the lack of continuity of care the patients received.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Single care home plan loses ground
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Nurses attending a conference on the care of the elderly voted against a motion that the regulatory bodies which oversee the management of nursing homes for the elderly and residential homes should be combined, so that all care could be provided in one place. The level of care would be decided by the needs of the individual patient. Nurses argued that care would become determined by price, rather than need, and that integrating patients with greater care needs alongside other patients would cause problems.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Careless treatment
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An increasing number of elderly people are being denied the nursing home care they need because of local authority cutbacks. It appears that local councils, given the task of buying care for their elderly, favour their own residential homes rather than placing them in private nursing homes. While it is against the law to admit people requiring nursing care to residential homes, local authorities are responsible for policing the rules.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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